Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Berlin, 22 April 1946)

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On 22 April 1946, the first Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) is held in Berlin under the chairmanship of Walter Ulbricht. The party was founded the previous day by Wilhelm Pieck, leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and Otto Grotewohl, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the Soviet occupation zone.